After dip in sales, Tata Nano to come with four-year manufacturer's warranty.

After noticing a decrease in demand for the world cheapest car, nano, Tata Motors said it would offer a four-year manufacturer's warranty on Nano cars and it would be extended to all existing customers of the vehicle.

Tata reported that sales of the Nano, plunged by 85% in the November compared with a year earlier, despite other models surging ahead in Indian auto market.

Media reports of a handful of spontaneous fires, difficulty getting financing to purchase the cars and rising prices have spoil-sported the sales of the Nano.

-Reuters Inputs

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World cheapest car, people's car Tata Nano sales are drastically down.

World cheapest car produced by Indian Car maker Tata's Nano popularly know as 'one lakh car', sales plunged by 85% in November compared with a year earlier, TATA has said.

They say that difficulty in acquiring loan is the reason behind the plunge.

But car analysts says that above might not be the reason for plunge. They think its the series of fire catching incidents in the Nano, as well as price rises are the cause of concern for the affected sales.

It had sold just 509 Nanos during November 2010.

Tata offered free safety upgrades for the model, which went on sale last year.

This came after much media frenzy behind the fire catching incidents which were reported by six owners.

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